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Comment Alien Intelligence (Score 1) 66

An effort to convert from AI as in "artificial" (ie imitation, ersatz) intelligence to A.I. of truly intelligent but alien (as in non-human). AI == "Alien Intelligence". A system that can solve general problems, never solved before, on its own.
But yea, since we have no good definition and description of human intelligence it is not clear what/when/how.
It is not even clear a truly "intelligent" autonomous agent can exist without self-awareness as solving general problems requires creation of models of reality and this at some point will include the agent itself as part of solution.

Comment Investment advisory: boats (Score 1) 128

I predict the price of boats will go up while price of prime beach real estate will decrease.
It may or may not be save though on the water too, due to increased hurricane activity so.... Mars?

Seriously, if it does happen as predicted to the best of our current understanding, teach your children to swim and to fish.

Comment Re:Hybrids are Frankencars (Score 1) 244

Range anxiety is real considering it takes way longer to find a charging station and to charge. Another is the problem with overnight charging in rental appt complexes and cities esp. with high power chargers.

At the moment the sweet spot is plug-in hybrids. Most people make daily runs of less than 50 miles but occasionally need longer distance and having auxiliary propulsion removes range anxiety. These can be charged overnight from a regular domestic power sources (outlets). It certainly works for me this way.

So it's true that hybrids are the most complex designs and may have higher maintenance risk but plug-in hybrids will not. These will mostly run in EV mode and it's ICE being used occasionally. The initial cost of these is not yet greater of than longer range EVs.

BTW Tesla is only profitable due to it's selling carbon offsets. At least this year. EM made a mess of it.

Comment Re:DIY printing cheaper than replacement parts? (Score 1) 47

So essentially the argument is that 3d printing is cheaper? This only hold you discount the time and cost of the printer itself. I can see how 3d printing will be solving remote locations better (think space station ;-) ) but for generic public I do not see mass repairing as most people will rather buy a new device than spand time and effort printing and than replacing. Maybe is the actual cost of the device increases (vive la tarrifs, eh?)

Comment Re:Good (Score 1) 47

I am all for diy repars just thinking if Philips be better off offering replacement part supply and if this move here is just for public. How many people will actually self 3d print these compared to millions of devices made? . They already making the parts, cheap and better, and can have added revenue stream from them? This self printing parts make only sense when the original part supply runs out. So very long time.

Comment Re:Good (Score 1) 47

That's an interesting point - the parts design can trigger extensions and improvements. Still, the price of such devices would have to be much higher than non-repairable competitive ones. Maybe the cost of recycling (a tax in essence) when added to any product would trigger this kind of offering?

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